There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Joy Quotes

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not...

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

If eyes were made for seeing, then beauty is its own excuse for being

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance

The years teach much which the days never know.

The years teach much which the days never know.

That man is idle who can do something better

That man is idle who can do something better

America is another name for opportunity.

America is another name for opportunity.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

The power, which resides in man, is new in nature, and none but he knows...

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

Culture, with us, ends in headache

Culture, with us, ends in headache

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he...

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

The secret of ugliness consists not in irregularity, but in being uninteresting.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for...

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happiness is just an illusion caused by the temporary absence of reality.

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Happy is the house that shelters a friend

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

The man of wisdom has no perplexity; the man of humanity has no worry; the...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him,...